Simple Scarf Pattern Supplies Needed

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1 Crochet a Simple Pattern Today Scarf An easy gift that you can make in as little as a few hours is a simple scarf pattern. Crocheting is a relaxing hobby that can be used to make beautiful gifts for others or something lovely for yourself! Fiber animals produce wool that can be felted or spun into yarn. The yarn can be woven, knit, crocheted or needle felted depending on what you wish to make. Knitting and crocheting are easy to carry along with you as you wait for doctor appointments, sit in the car pickup line at school, or travel. Once you master a few basic stitches, crocheting a simple scarf pattern is easy to accomplish. Simple Scarf Pattern Supplies Needed There are very few items you will need when crocheting a simple scarf pattern like the one provided here. You will want

2 to purchase a crochet hook that is the size recommended. Crochet hooks come in over 25 different sizes! Often, crochet hooks are sold in sets, which gives you some options the next time you are looking at projects to crochet. Knitting requires knitting needles which also come in various sizes. For the pattern shown here, one skein of our Free Range Yarn in 200 yd length will give you plenty of yardage to complete the scarf. If choosing another brand of yarn, make sure the skein has at least 150 yards. Having more yardage allows you to adjust the length of the scarf pattern. Using Patterns for Crocheting and Knitting The knitting patterns often use shorthand notation to describe the stitching technique. Crochet patterns also use similar notations in the patterns. At first when looking at a pattern, you might not understand what it is saying. Looking up a chart for crochet or knitting pattern reading will help you get started with out the frustration. I had my Nana sitting next to me when I was learning to crochet and knit as a child. This may not be an option all of the time. Nothing can replace a Nana but You-Tube videos are a second option when you don t understand how to complete a stitch. The Yarn Here at Timber Creek Farm, we have created our own line of yarn for knitting and crocheting. The yarns are blends of wool from our Pygora goats, Finn, Border Leicester, Rambouillet, and Dorset sheep. Our wool animals are raised with love and kept in a chemical free environment, fed mostly on pasture and naturally raised grass hay. The wool is shorn once a year in the Spring. You can read more about our yarn raising adventures here. All of our yarn blends, available in our

3 shop are perfect for this project. Choose the yarn depending on the item you are making. Generally you will choose a sport, DK or worsted weight of yarn, for a scarf. There are many styles, blends and colors to choose from. My personal preference is to use natural fibers, including wool, alpaca, mohair, and llama. Plant fibers are found in yarn too, with bamboo, cotton and silk. Making your own yarn by purchasing the raw fleece, combing, carding and spinning the yarn blend that you prefer is another option. Timber Creek Farm s line of Free Range Yarns are perfect for making simple gifts, like this scarf, or more elaborate sweaters. Perhaps one day you will want to try natural dyes for wool, too. There is no end to the creativity once you learn how to knit and crochet.

4 The Basic Crochet Stitch The single crochet stitch is made holding the hook in the right hand and the yarn in the left hand. (For right handed people.) You will be using the single crochet stitch in the pattern for making a Button Hole Crochet Scarf. 1. Begin the single crochet stitch by making a loop and a knot at the end of the yarn. 2. Holding the yarn in the left hand, pull the yarn through the first loop using the crochet hook. Now you have one loop on the hook and one hanging below the hook. Repeat to make a chain of 16. This is the foundation row. 3. Chain one additional loop for turning. Turn the work and begin to make a single crochet stitch in the first loop hole of the foundation chain. 4. Single crochet to the end of the row. If you prefer, you can single crochet an entire scarf this way. Make sure you always chain one stitch at the end of each row, for turning.

5 Double Crochet Stitch Much the same as the single crochet stitch, you begin with the crochet hook entering the loop on the chain or row of stitches. This video does a good job of showing you the double crochet stitch used in the pattern below. Free Printable Pattern for You! The pattern for the simple Button Hole Crochet Scarf is next. You can wear this short scarf in a number of different ways. The scarf would look nice over a t-shirt, or tucked under a jacket. The button hole and decorative button add style to the simple stitch pattern.

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8 Learn more about the history of crochet here. Pin this pattern for later

9 Don t forget about us! We did the hard work.

10 How to Make Crocheted Handwarmers with Ribbed Cuffs Easy to Make Crocheted Handwarmers with Ribbed Cuffs It s that time of year. The time we start thinking about

11 making some of our gifts for family and friends. One of my favorite gifts to make is crocheted handwarmers. Almost everyone will love receiving these warm, cozy crocheted handwarmers and they really are quick and easy to make. Somewhere along the line, I learned how to make a crocheted ribbing so it looks like a knitted cuff. Follow along below for a pictorial lesson in making these crocheted handwarmers. What do you need to make crocheted handwarmers? Skill Level- some crocheting knowledge is helpful Materials Needed yarn- worsted weight Crochet hook size approximate yardage needed H or I 150 yards 5 or 5.5 Gauge 5 stitches per inch. Directions for making crocheted handwarmers with ribbed cuffs Stitches crochet used- single crochet and BLSC = back loop single To begin, chain 11. You will be using a single crochet for this pattern. Row 1- Turn and single crochet in the second ch. and all the way across to make 10 stitches. Rows 2 24 Chain one. Turn. BLSC (back loop single crochet) in second stitch and across. (10 stitches) You can adjust this pattern to make it smaller or larger by shortening or lengthening at this point by adding or subtracting rows.

12 Now you should have a strip that looks like this. ribs. Gives a nice stretch for a cuff. a cuff for the crocheted handwarmers. Crocheted Now lets turn it into

13 Adding the hand portion to the cuff portion of the crocheted handwarmers Fold the cuff piece in half. Crochet the edges together as shown below. Flip the cuff inside out to hide the seem on the inside of the glove. Do NOT fasten off.

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15 Beginning with the loop that you have, begin picking up stitches around the top of the cuff to make 24 stitches around the top of the cuff.* Continue crocheting a single crochet around to begin forming the hand portion of the crocheted hand warmers.

16 Note* if you shortened or lengthened in the previous step, you will need to adjust the number of stitches picked up accordingly* Single crochet for 10 rounds. On the 11th row of single crochet, after making 6 stitches, chain 5. Reconnect to the body of the hand warmer on the 6th stitch, with a single crochet and continue crocheting around. This will make the opening for the thumb. Refer to the photographs below.

17 Refer to these pictures showing how to leave the opening for the thumb hole.

18 Continue crocheting 8 to 10 more rows depending on how far you want the hand warmers to cover the fingers. Finish by fastening off and weaving in the end. done! You re

19 Embellish your crocheted handwarmers if desired, with buttons, ribbons, bows, lace or what makes you smile. I had enough yarn left over to make a matching head band/ ear warmer, using the same technique and stitch pattern that I used on the cuffs for the crocheted handwarmers. I like the way this set turned out. Please let me know what you think of this pattern. comments are very much appreciated. Thank you to Kristi Stone clarity and correctness. Your for reviewing my pattern for

20 These and other fingerless gloves are available in Timber Creek Farm s Etsy shop.

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